Position Overview: The Care Coordination Program at CAREMOUNT MEDICAL enables patients to be treated in an environment combining an expert medical team with individual attention and compassionate care. The Care Coordination Nurse empowers patients to actively participate in improving their own healthcare through personalized care that targets each patient’s specific healthcare issues and needs. The Care Coordination Nurse role is focused on reduction in Hospital readmission rates and use of the emergency department, based on determined avoidable causes. The Care Coordination Nurse performs essential, proactive, patient centered outreach to patients and their families post-discharge from various inpatient settings (i.e. hospital, SNF, Rehab, ER) to ensure patients and their families understand the discharge care plan and work to facilitate appropriate follow up, both long and short term, with the goal of reduction in health care cost and utilization. The Care Coordination Nurse is an integral part of CAREMOUNT MEDICAL care team and our approach to delivery of patient-centered, compassionate medical care, complementing the necessary professional services to patients.

Monday-Friday 8:30AM-5PM

Essential Duties and Responsibilities (including but not limited to the following):

Integral member of the direct delivery care team, and serves as a gateway to information and support.

Utilizes tools and documents that support a guided care process, collaborating with patients/families/Physicians and other members of the care team toward an effective plan of care during the review of the hospitalization, including:

a) Assess patient and family’s unmet health and social needsb) Provide effective communications to improve health literacyc) Develop a care plan based on mutual goals with patient, family and provider’s emergency plan, medical summary and ongoing action plan, as appropriate. Monitor patient’s adherence to plan of care and progress toward goals in timely fashion, facilitate changes as needed.d) Facilitate patient access to appropriate medical and specialty providers as well as other care coordination team support specialists.

Facilitate communication between specialists and Primary Care Physician post-discharge for development of cohesive care plan, communicating action items to all responsible parties and following up to completion of same.

CareMount Medical, P.C. is the largest independent multispecialty medical group in New York State, providing comprehensive medical care of the highest quality to over 640,000 patients in more than 45 locations throughout Westchester, Putnam, Dutchess, Columbia, and Ulster counties and New York City. Founded in 1946 as Mount Kisco Medical Group, CareMount has grown to over 600 physicians and advanced practice professionals representing more than 40 different medical specialties. CareMount is affiliated with world-class organizations including Massachusetts General Hospital, Mount Sinai Health System, and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. CareMount offers on-site laboratory and radiology services, endoscopy and infusion suites, and operates eight urgent-care centers. Our physicians are frequently recognized as best doctors in respected publications and have been featured in lists including New York Magazine’s “Best Doctors,” Westchester and Hudson Valley Magazine’s “Top Doctors” as well as in Castle Connolly Medical’s “Top Doctors.” For additional information about CareMount Medical and its specialties, please visit: www.caremountmedical.com. CareMount Medical is a registered service mark of CareMount Medical P.C.

CareMount Medical is the largest, independent multi-specialty medical group in New York State. CareMount Medical provides the highest quality medical care in over 40 different locations throughout Westchester, Putnam, Dutchess, Columbia and Ulster counties. We provide medical care to over 500,000 patients in 43 different locations.Founded in 1946, CareMount Medical has grown to 560 physicians representing 43 different medical specialties with major campuses in:Mount KiscoCarmelKatonahKingstonFishkillJefferson ValleyPoughkeepsieRhinebeck